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The court also directed ED to present Chatterjee at a special PMLA court at the end of his remand period.

A decision to this effect was taken after Chatterjee went into a total non-cooperation mode following the recovery of Rs 20 crore in cash and 20 mobile phones from his close aide Arpita Mukherjee's residence on Friday.

The ED has also released a statement to a section of the media claiming that it was conducting search operations at various places in connection with the teachers' recruitment scam during which huge amount of cash was seized.

The ED officials reached the residence of Chatterjee, who is currently the state Commerce and Industries Minister, at Naktala in south Kolkata at around 9 am on Friday and his questioning was going on till the filing of this report.

ED sources have suggested that she will be asked the same set of questions which were asked to Rahul Gandhi during his five days questioning.

The development comes as the Shiv Sena party battles rebellion from a group of its MLAs, putting a question mark on the future of Maharashtra's Maha Vikas Aghadi government.

He was reportedly questioned about a few transactions made by Kolkata-based Dotex Merchandise Pvt Ltd.

The CBI has accused Jain, his wife and other accused, for commission of offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Rahul Gandhi, who wrote to the ED saying that he has to look after his mother Sonia Gandhi who is hospitalised due to Covid related complications, requested the probe agency to resume his questionning on Monday instead of Friday.

Gandhi (51) arrived at the ED headquarters on APJ Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi around 11.35 am with his "Z+" category CRPF security escort.

Gandhi will have to appear again before the ED on Wednesday when a three-member team will question him.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi appeared before the ED in the national capital for questioning in the National Herald money laundering investigation.

The Minister was being taken to the ED headquarters when he felt uneasy outside the court and was taken to the hospital.

The probe pertains to alleged financial irregularities in the party-promoted Young Indian that owns the National Herald newspaper.

Heavy deployment of police were seen outside the AICC office and Rahul Gandhi's residence.